Rakhil Givand-Tikhaya's husband's mother, Raisa Shtilerman.

My husband's mother, Raisa Shtilerman. The photo was taken before the Revolution in 1917. During the Second World War she lived in German occupied territory in Korostyshev (Ukraine).

My husband is grateful to the Ukrainian people because when it was too late for his mother to be evacuated and she had to remain with her daughters Dina and Buzya during the war, they found shelter with Ukrainian families in Korostyshev.

The people who rescued them were later awarded the title 'Righteous Gentiles.' Raisa Shtilerman died in 1990 in Israel, but her daughters Dina and Buzya are still living there.